Lighthouse’s foster care program provides tailored support, therapeutic care and a sense of community for foster care families across the greater Melbourne region.

Our unique ‘Hub’ model works by uniting families around a central ‘Hub Home’, where trained Lighthouse therapeutic carers offer regular respite, sleepovers, access to clinical support, and advice to the entire foster family. With strong relationships at its core, the Hub acts as a home away from home, facilitating regular social activities for families and local volunteers to connect, reflect and enjoy their time together. This helps to create a ‘village’, or extended family of support for each child, allowing them to develop positive, healthy attachments with multiple adults who care about their safety and wellbeing.

Lighthouse believes this strong sense of community will help to improve the overall stability and continuity in care, and give foster families the quality, tangible support they need to thrive. This program aims to put an end to ‘revolving door’ out-of-home care experiences and instead, allow new generations of children to create lifelong relationships, a sense of identity and belonging.